Kane, Kate
Poor Ruby Rose. All her work in season 1 and Kate is remade into a dead supermodel. FFS. Ryan's in trouble. Alice is still obsessed over the useless Ocean. Oh FFS. Kate is still being Circe. Ryan whines and there is emotional brutality. Sophie is the worst. Poison Ivy is mentioned.
Best Lines:
“Well that sounds familiar!”
“Island hippies!”
“Offer no sanctuary.”
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Divination
A psychic is murdered. The lead actor is terrible and he plays a dual role. This was terrible with grim determination. Shouldn't Cameron have a bad reputation around town?
Best Lines:
“Not all of us have a future.”
“Magic adjacent.”
“I can't paint a door that fast.”
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Chapter Eighty-Seven Strange Bedfellows
Veronica is selfish. This ep is not gloriously crap just dreadful and inept. The Blossoms are performative cranks. Betty is abjectly horrible and not desolate or sad that Jughead is missing. The gang make chronically bad choices. Tabitha asks Betty for help finding Jughead. Betty's disllusioning rejection of Jughead goes on – she could care less that he's missing.
This is a confused situation. This ep is a complete miscalculation. Why does Veronica let thieves into her store? This was not even a modest accomplishment. Reggie and his bad hair sneers. Hiram gloats. Jughead's so called friends couldn't care less about him. Do Archie and Veroncia even notice or care that Jughead is missing? All Veronica cares about is her opal.
Betty is a bitch. Democratic norms have been suspended in town. Where is Jughead? These are contentious times. This is a difficult period. Betty scoffs at Jughead's writing. He's in a dire situaiton. There is no rumination. Jughead faces a huge amount of strain. There is anger, resentment and frustration. This was disastrous. The Blossoms try to force their beliefs on others. Jughead is on Sketch Alley.
Nobody cares about Jughead's desperate situation. This is a grim period. Did Betty think a teenage Jughead being homeless was funny? There are uncompromising baddies. Why doesn't Veronica let Hiram die? This was aimless and very bad. There are no positive interactions. Why is Veronica still calling her father: daddy?
There is no extreme complexity. Betty whines that 2 years ago Jughead left her a voicemail calling her out for cheating on him and never putting him first. She sneers about her cheating and letting Jughead down. Why is she so awful? Jughead raged against the success of others. Betty never regretted her actions. Betty treated Jughead like crap. So did Archie and Veronica. Betty is not sorry for cheating.
Tabitha and Betty are dosed. This is all to Betty's convenience. Jughead leaves. Does Archie care? This was disillusioning.
Best Lines:
“Your father's prison was compromised.”
“Sham religion created by and for convicts!”
“That's never a good sign.”
“Wrote his book, such as it is.”
“Diner girl.”
“Eternal rot.”
“Did live under the stairs at Riverdale High once.”
“My father is literally Lex Luthor.”
“Don't betray your boyfriend.”
“Of course you bailed.”
“You pretend to be nice.”
